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Means and Meaning - Not Boring by Packy McCormick

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Welcome to the 1,148 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since our last essay! Join 247,246 smart, curious folks by subscribing here: Hi friends 👋 , Happy Tuesday! I’m getting into the bad habit of sending these essays whenever I finish them. Maybe it’s a good habit. This one is about an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while. Over the last few weeks, I’ve read as much as I could in order to try to put some more rigor around it. The idea is that technology creates means, but that we shouldn’t expect it to create meaning. That’s up to us. To realize the amazing present and future we want, we need both means and meaning. I want Not Boring to be about both. This is the manifesto. Read the whole thing here. Let’s get to it. Welcome to our newest sponsor: Framer. Technology done right gives more people more agency without removing the need for skill. Framer gives designers superpowers. Framer is the design-first, no-code website builder that lets anyone ship a production-ready si

Means and Meaning We have the technology. Cool, now what? Jul 29, 2025 386 56 101 Share Welcome to the 1,148 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since our last essay! Join 247,246 smart, curious folks by subscribing here: Subscribe Hi friends 👋 , Happy Tuesday! I’m getting into the bad habit of sending these essays whenever I finish them. Maybe it’s a good habit. This one is about an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while. Over the last few weeks, I’ve read as much as I could in order to try to put some more rigor around it. The idea is that technology creates means, but that we sho

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